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Regulating technologies : legal futures, regulatory frames and technological fixes / edited by Roger Brownsword and Karen Yeung.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Hart, 2008.Description: viii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781841137889 (pbk.) :
  • 9781841137889
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.048 BRO
LOC classification:
  • K1401
Contents:
Introductory reflections -- 1.Regulating technologies: tools, targets and thematics. Roger Brownsword and Karen Yeung -- 2.So what does the world need now? Reflections on regulating technologies. Roger Brownsword -- Part one: Technology as a regulatory tool -- 3.Crime control technologies: towards an analytical framework and research agenda. Ben Bowling, Amber Marks and Cian Murphy -- 4.Towards and understanding of regulation by design. Karen Yeung -- 5.Internet filtering: rhetoric, legitimacy, accountability and responsibility. T.J. McIntyre and Colin Soctt -- 6.Perfect enforcement on tomorrow\'s Internet. Jonathan Zittrain -- 7.Criteria for normative technology: The acceptability of \'code as law\' in light of democratic and constitutional values. Bert-Jaap Koops -- 8.A vision of ambient law. Mireille Hildebrandt -- 9.The trouble with technology regulaton: why Lessig\'s \'optimal mix\' will not work. Serge Gutwirth, Paul De Hert and Laurent De Sutter -- Part two: Technology as a regulatory target -- 10.Cloning Trojan hourses: precautionary of reproductive technology. Hans Somsen -- 11.The translation of human fetal brain tissue: the Swiss Federal Law. Andrea Bu·chler -- 12.Tools for technology regulation: seeking analytical approaches beyond Lessig and Hood. Charles D. Raab and Paul De Hert -- 13.Conceptualisinig the post-regulatory (cyber) state. Andrew D. Murray -- 14.Vicissitudes of imaging, imprisonment and intentionality. Judy Illes -- 15.Taming matter for the welfare of humanity: regulating nanotechnology. Hailemichael Teshome Demissie -- 16.Regulating renewable energy technologies: the Chinese experience. Deng Haifeng -- Closing reflections -- 17.New frontier: regulating technology by law and \'code\'. Michael Kirby.
Summary: Emerging technologies present both opportunities and challenges to the legal community. This volume addresses many of the key difficulties surrounding the regulation of emerging technological targets as well as the implications of adopting technology as a regulatory tool.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 346.048 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209172
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 346.048 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209169

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory reflections -- 1.Regulating technologies: tools, targets and thematics. Roger Brownsword and Karen Yeung -- 2.So what does the world need now? Reflections on regulating technologies. Roger Brownsword -- Part one: Technology as a regulatory tool -- 3.Crime control technologies: towards an analytical framework and research agenda. Ben Bowling, Amber Marks and Cian Murphy -- 4.Towards and understanding of regulation by design. Karen Yeung -- 5.Internet filtering: rhetoric, legitimacy, accountability and responsibility. T.J. McIntyre and Colin Soctt -- 6.Perfect enforcement on tomorrow\'s Internet. Jonathan Zittrain -- 7.Criteria for normative technology: The acceptability of \'code as law\' in light of democratic and constitutional values. Bert-Jaap Koops -- 8.A vision of ambient law. Mireille Hildebrandt -- 9.The trouble with technology regulaton: why Lessig\'s \'optimal mix\' will not work. Serge Gutwirth, Paul De Hert and Laurent De Sutter -- Part two: Technology as a regulatory target -- 10.Cloning Trojan hourses: precautionary of reproductive technology. Hans Somsen -- 11.The translation of human fetal brain tissue: the Swiss Federal Law. Andrea Bu·chler -- 12.Tools for technology regulation: seeking analytical approaches beyond Lessig and Hood. Charles D. Raab and Paul De Hert -- 13.Conceptualisinig the post-regulatory (cyber) state. Andrew D. Murray -- 14.Vicissitudes of imaging, imprisonment and intentionality. Judy Illes -- 15.Taming matter for the welfare of humanity: regulating nanotechnology. Hailemichael Teshome Demissie -- 16.Regulating renewable energy technologies: the Chinese experience. Deng Haifeng -- Closing reflections -- 17.New frontier: regulating technology by law and \'code\'. Michael Kirby.

Emerging technologies present both opportunities and challenges to the legal community. This volume addresses many of the key difficulties surrounding the regulation of emerging technological targets as well as the implications of adopting technology as a regulatory tool.

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